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The government of Pakistan has put more than 4300 alleged beggars in the no-fly list. Pakistan has taken this step after warnings from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. These countries had asked Pakistan not to send such people from their countries who come and beg on religious visit visas. Some Pakistanis who came to Saudi Arabia as pilgrims were even arrested while begging. Saudi Arabia expressed its concern to Pakistan on this. Pakistan had also received similar complaints from UAE and other Arab countries.
According to Pakistani newspaper Dawn, after warnings from Saudi Arabia and other countries, Pakistan has included more than 4300 people in the no-fly list i.e. exit control list, who are accused of going to Saudi Arabia on Umrah visa and begging there. Along with this, Pakistan has also planned to bring Umrah Act, so that Umrah pilgrimage can be controlled in a better way. The Saudi Haj Ministry had warned Pakistan about the increasing number of beggars entering Saudi Arabia on Umrah visa.
Pakistan gave confidence to Saudi
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi has informed Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Interior Minister Nasser bin Abdulaziz Al Dawood that his government has taken strict steps by adopting a policy of zero tolerance against the ‘beggar mafia’, which is resorting to begging. Send people to Saudi. According to the report, 90 percent of the beggars caught in Arab countries are from Pakistan. Due to this problem, Saudi officials have asked Islamabad to take immediate action on this. He has warned that not doing so could have a negative impact on genuine Pakistani Umrah and Haj pilgrims.
In September last year, 16 Pakistanis posing as pilgrims were arrested while begging in Saudi Arabia. Since then the Saudi government is strict in this matter. To deal with the problem, Pakistan has planned to bring Umrah Act. This law will regulate travel agencies that facilitate Umrah trips. The Pakistani Ministry of Religious Affairs has decided to enact this law to bring such agencies under legal supervision and prevent beggars from going to Saudi Arabia under the guise of religious pilgrimage.
